Scandal about Rapid goalkeeper: Schiri Gishammer confesses errors after 1: 5 defeat!

Scandal about Rapid goalkeeper: Schiri Gishammer confesses errors after 1: 5 defeat!

Wien, Österreich - In the last game, the SK Rapid had to accept a bitter defeat. With 1: 5 the team lost to the WAC. A central moment of the game was the decision by the referee Sebastian Gishammer, Rapid goalkeeper Niklas Hedl with a red card of the field. In a subsequent interview, Gishammer admitted an error and described the decision as a "no right decision".

Gishammer explained that the situation was unexpectedly because the WAC was in possession of the ball. He also admitted that he was not in an ideal position to make the decision. According to his assessment, Hedl touched the ball, but he did not play it. The gate was empty and Baldo could have hit the goal freely from 30 meters. The referee wished that the video assistant (var) would have intervened.

Missing VAR intervention

In the analysis of the situation, Gishammer found that he saw no clear and obvious mistake for the Var. The VAR, which is responsible for the support of the referees to improve justice in football, can intervene in four specific cases. These include the review of gates and direct red cards. Nevertheless, there was no intervention in this case.

According to the regulations, the video assistant can look at a scene from four camera perspectives and, if necessary, draw the referee's attention to a mission decision. In this specific case, however, there was no need for action, so that Gishammer had to decide alone, which led to the controversial red card. Bundesliga provides further information on the VAR rules and its functionality.

The defeat against WAC was not the only worrying statistics for Rapid. In the last two games, the team conceded a total of nine goals, which also underlines the worrying form of the team. Rapid now has little time to lick the wounds, because the next game is already on the program against Blau-Weiß Linz on Wednesday.

The discussion about the referee decisions and the use of the Var remains a hot topic in football. Gishammer hopes that such misunderstandings can be avoided in the future through early interventions of the Var.

The events from this game are another example of the challenges in front of which referees are in modern football, and an indication of how important clear communication between the referee and the VAR team is.